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OF 


KNIGHTS  TEMPLAR, 


Ancient  and  Accepted  ^cotch 


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REPORT 


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doir\rqittee  fof  Belief 


KNIGHTS  TEMPLAR, 


• 

ANCIENT  AND  ACCEPTED  SCOTCH  RITE  MASONS. 


CHICAGO: 

HORTON   *    LEONARD,   LETTER-PRESS    PRINTERS. 
I  872. 


REPORT. 


CHICAGO,  August  /,  18^2. 

I  ^HE  great  conflagration  that  occurred  in  this  city 
-L  on  October  8th  and  Qth,  1871,  assumed  such  vast 
proportions,  and  caused  such  wide-spread  devastation, 
that  a  general  appeal  was  made  to  the  whole  world 
for  aid  and  assistance.  This  appeal  was  most  gener- 
ously acknowledged,  and  will  be  ever  most  gratefully 
remembered. 

A  committee  was  formed  immediately  to  look  after 
the  interests  of  Templars,  and  Scottish  Rite  Masons, 
composed  of  V.  L.  Hurlbut,  G.  G.  of  the  G.  E.  of  the 
U.S.;  Geo.  R.  Chittenden ;  E.  B.  Myers,  Com.  of 
Apollo  Com.  No.  i ;  G.  R.  Smith,  33°;  H.  C.  Ranney, 
33°,  Com.  in  Chief,  Oriental  Consistory.  To  which 
were  subsequently  added:  R.  E.  Sir  Wiley  M.  Egan, 
G.  C.  of  Illinois;  and  E.  Sir  James  \\.  Miles,  G.  Rec. 
of  the  G.  C. 

The  following  appeal  was  made  by  the  Committee, 
through  the  Associated  Press  : 

"Any  money  intrusted  to  Dr.  Vincent  L.  Hurlbut,  1078  Praiire 
Avenue,  or  to  George  R.  Chittenden,  364  Michigan  Avenue,  for 


REPORT    OF    THE 


the  relief  of  the  distressed  Sir  "Knights,  or  Scottish  Rite  Masons, 
will  be  gratefully  received  and  faithfully  distributed." 

• 

This  appeal  was  indorsed  by  the  Grand  Master  of 

the  Knights  Templar  of  the  United  States,  who 
requested  all  funds  to  be  sent  to  its  Grand  General- 
issimo ;  and  also  by  111.  J.  H.  Drummond,  33°,  Sov. 
Com.  of  the  Northern  Jurisdiction;  .and  111.  Albert 
Pike,  33°,  Sov.  Com.  of  the  Southern  Jurisdiction  ; 
and  the  Committee  hereby  acknowledge  with  grateful 
thanks  the  contributions  which  will  be  found  in  its 
financial  statement  herewith  annexed. 

Many  contributions  were  sent  from  Chapters  for 
the  relief  of  Royal  Arch  Masons,  with  a  request  to 
our  Chairman  to  see  to  their  proper  distribution. 

Some-  monies  were  also  received  from  Blue  Lodges, 
but  as  there  was  a  general  committee  for  the  relief  of 
Master  Masons,  these  funds  were  promptly  forwarded 
to  the  chairman,  M.  W.  D.  C.  Cregier,  Grand  Master. 

The  Committee  organized  on  the  nth  of  October, 
by  electing  V.  L.  Hurlbut  as  Chairman,  George  R. 
Chittenden  as  Treasurer,  and  Gilbert  R.  Smith  as 
Secretary.  They  have  held  constant  meetings,  and  the 
objects  of  the  Committee  have  been  duly  advertised, 
and  notices  given  in  the  various  Masonic  Bodies. 

The  Committee  believe  they  have  faithfully  per- 
formed the  trust  reposed  in  them,  and  beg  to  return 
their  thinks  to  the  brethren  of  the  different  grades 
who  have  assisted  them  in  the  performance  of  this 
sacred  duty. 


COMMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF.  5 

/ 

The  calls  for  aid  and  assistance  have  been  freely 
met  to  the  extent  of  requirements  of  the  applicants, 
with  the  single  exception  that  loans  of  money  for 
specified  time,  and  those  generally  for  large  amounts, 
have  been  in  all  cases  refused,  as  not  coming  within 
the  power  of  the  Committee.  In  this  particular  the 
Committee  may  have  erred,  but  their  aim  has  been  to 
act  as  almoners  of  this  sacred  trust  and  charity,  and 
afford  relief  to  the  largest  number,  rather  than  loan 
to  a  few. 

The  Committee,  at  the  close  of  its  labor  of  love, 
are  grateful  to  a  wise  Providence  that  the  membership 
of  the  Bodies  which  they  represented  were  not  so 
impoverished  as  at  first  feared ;  for  while  undoubt- 
edly many  of  our  number  lost  heavily  and  were 
impoverished  by  the  fire,  and  were  unwilling  to  accept 
anything  in  the  shape  of  charity,  yet  there  were  many 
who  were  anxious  to  borrow;  still  the  great  majority 
came  out  with  good  hearts,  and  immediately  pro- 
ceeded to  regain  their  lost  vantage  ground,  and  this 
will  account  for  the  comparatively  small  amount  dis- 
bursed from  the  Templar  Fund.  As  time  rolled  on, 
we  found  the  active  pursuit  of  business  gave  employ- 
ment to  all,  and  the  Committee  had  decided  to  close 
their  labors  on  the  i5th  of  May,  and  render  an  account 
of  their  stewardship ;  but  the  absence  of  two  members 
until  quite  recently  has  caused  a  postponement  until 
the  present  day. 

We  feel  it  due  to  the  generous  hearts  who  so  fra- 


REPORT    OF    THE 


ternally  assisted  us  in  our  time  of  need,  to  place  on 
record  some  of  their  kindly  and  Christian  greetings. 


(fkantr  (fijiuampmtnt  of  fhugjjts  C*mplar  for  %  H.  S.  1L 

SIR  J.  Q.  A.  FELLOWS,  M.  E.  GRAND  MASTER. 


To  all  the  Grand  Commanders  of  our  State  Grand  Commanderies, 
and  the  Commanders  of  Commanderies  holding  their  Charters 
immediately  from  our  Grand  Encampment — GREETING: 

WHEREAS,  Since  the  adjournment  of  our  Grand  Encampment 
and  the  separation  of  its  members  from  the  triennial  session  at 
Baltimore,  the  latter  part  of  last  month,  a  most  wide-spread 
and  desolating  calamity  has  befallen  the  citizens  and  the  Sir 
Knights  of  Chicago,  whose  great  city,  in  a  few  short  hours,  was 
laid  low  in  the  ashes.  This  great  affliction  has  rendered  thousands 
upon  thousands  homeless  and  destitute ;  the  affluent  of  yesterday 
are  penniless  to-day. 

The  hungry  must  be  fed,  the  naked  clothed,  and  the  wounded 
heart  bound  up  by  sympathizing  friends,  whose  property  has  been 
spared  these  terrible  ravages.  No  sudden  effort  like  that  of  the 
destroyer  will  do,  but  a  persistent,  united  one,  through  the  cold 
winter  before  us,  must  be  had,  that  suffering  may  be  relieved, 
sorrow  abated,  and  hope  and  courage  revived,  till,  Phoenix  like,  the 
city — the  wonder  of  the  west  and  of  the  world — shall  arise  and  be 
able  to  take  care  of  her  own  children,  and  place  them  beyond 
immediate  want. 

The  officers  named  herein,  immediately  upon  the  receipt  of  this 
order,  will  take  such  measures  as  to  them  may  seem  best  for  the 
relief  of  the  sufferers,  and  remit  all  collections  speedily  to  Vincent 
L.  Hurlbut,  Grand  Generalissimo  of  our  Grand  Encampment, 
Chicago. 

This  order  has  been  delayed,  owing  to  the  fact  that  neither  of 
the  Grand  Officers  had  returned  to  their  homes,  or  been  able  to 
get  in  communication  with  each  other. 


COMMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF. 


Done  at  New  Orleans,    Louisiana,  this    i4th  day  of  October, 

A.  D.  1871. 

By  the     GRAND  MASTER. 

Attest  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  our  Grand   Encampment,  at 
Iowa  City,  Iowa,  October  14,  A.  O.  753. 

THEODORE  S.  PARVIN, 

Grand  Recorder. 


Council,  f(0r%rn  JEtosonif  Jur.  $t.  S.  &. 

ORIENT,    BOSTON. 


OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY  GEN.  H.  E., 

52  Bleecker  St.,  New  York,  Oct.  //,  1871. 
BRETHREN : 

I  have  just  received  the  following  Telegram,  and  hasten  to 
transmit  the  same  to  you,  feeling  confident  it  will  meet  with  truly 
fraternal  response. 

"  To  DANIEL  SICKELS,  52  Bleecker  St.,  N.  Y. 

"  Issue  Circulars  at  once  to  all  Bodies  of  the  A.  and  A.  Rite, 
to  collect  contributions  for  Chicago,  and  send  to  Dr.  Vincent  L. 

Hurlbut. 

"JOSIAH  H.  DRUMMOND, 

"  Sov.  Gr.  Com. 
"  DANIEL  SICKELS,  33°,  G.  S.  G.,  H.  E." 

Address  Dr.  VINCENT  L.  HURLBUT,  Chicago,  111. 

I  am  directed  by  the  G.  Sec.  Gen.  to  send  you  this,  merely  to 

show  that  we  are  at  work. 

Yours  frat'y, 

MORIARTY. 


REPORT    OF    THE 


®runt  of  (Sftasbtngton,  g.  C. 


26th  day  of ,  A.  M., 

loth  November,  1871,  V.  E. 


To  all  Freemasons,  and  Bodies  of  such,  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite  of  the  Southern  Jurisdiction  of  the  United  States. 

BY  THE  SOVEREIGN  GRAND  COMMANDER. 

VERY  DEAR  BRETHREN  : 

This  official  appeal  to  you,  in  behalf  of  the  Brethren  of  the 
Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  the  States  of  Illinois, 
Michigan  and  Wisconsin,  who  have  seen  their  homes  desolated, 
their  property  annihilated,  and  their  loved  ones  taken  from  them 
by  a  fearful  death,  and  of  those  widows  and  orphans  who  have  so 
lost  those  that  were  their  stay  and  support,  their  comfort  and 
solace,  has  been  delayed  in  consequence  of  absence  of  the  Sovereign 
Grand  Commander  from  this  Orient. 

It  is  still  far  from  being  too  late,  and  it  is  as  well  that  it  should 
be  made  now,  when  the  first  flush  of  excitement  is  over  and  other 
hands  may  begin  to  be  weary.  There  is  as  imperative  demand 
for  assistance  now  as  there  was  at  the  beginning ;  and  no  brotherly 
relief  that  our  means  will  enable  us  to  afford  can  give  sufficient 
aid  and  comfort  to  those  who  have  lost  all,  and  are  entrusted  by 
our  Father  who  is  in  Heaven,  as  His  dear  wards,  to  the  Order  to 
which  tney  belong,  and  to  the  brethren  on  whom  the  storms  of 
calamity  have  not  of  late  beaten,  to  be  kindly  entreated  and 
solaced  in  their  misery. 

Our  111.  and  greatly  beloved  Brother  Vincent  L.  Hurlbut,  33d, 
Sov.  Gr.  Inspector  General  and  Deputy  of  the  Supreme  Council 
of  the  Northern  Jurisdiction  for  the  State  of  Illinois,  writes  this  to 
your  Sov.  Gr.  Commander : 

"  When  such  assurances  of  brotherly  sympathy  and  affection  pour  in  upon  us, 
we  feel  invigorated  for  a  renewed  struggle  in  the  warfare  of  life.  It  gives  me 
pleasure  to  acknowledge  to  you  that  the  first  contribution  of  relief  from  the 
Ancient  and  Accepted  Rite  was  $100  from  the  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret  of 


COMMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF. 


Burlington,  Iowa,  a  State  of  the  Southern  Jurisdiction  of  the  United  States.  I 
received  a  dispatch  to  draw  on  them  at  sight  for  that  amount,  for  the  relief  of 
our  32ds,  on  the  loth  day  of  October,  the  day  after  the  great  fire  WHS  subdued." 

Very  dear  brethern,  I  will  not  seek  to  address  you  in  eloquent 
sentences,  lest  I  might  seem  to  think  you  so  unworthy  as  to  need 
the  urgent  incitation  of  glittering  words  to  spur  you  to  noble 
action.  I  could  use  no  words  more  eloquent  or  impressive  than 
those  which  you  have  repeated  in  your  vows,  nor  inculcate  your 
duties  in  such  an  exigency  in  any  so  persuasive  as  those  of  your 
Rituals  of  Knights  Rose  Croix,  Knights  Commanders  of  the 
Temple  and  Kadosh. 

Let  this  fraternal  letter  encyclical  be  read  in  all  our  bodies  of 
the  Rite,  upon  its  receipt,  and  every  Inspector  General,  and  every 
officer  of  every  body  of  the  Rite,  take  upon  himself  the  collection 
of  contributions.  Let  these,  as  received,  be  remitted  to  the  Inspec- 
tor General,  active  member  of  the  Supreme  Council,  or  the  Deputy 
for  the  State,  or  the  Grand  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Grand 
Consistory ;  or,  where  there  may  be  neither  in  the  State,  to  the 
chief  of  the  highest  body  therein ;  and  by  these  let  all  sums  be 
forwarded  directly  to  111.  Bro.  Vincent  L.  Hurlbut,  364  Wabash 
Avenue,  Chicago,  Illinois,  or  to  111.  Bro.  Frederick  Webber, 
Treasurer  General  ad  interim,  at  Louisville,  Kentucky. 

And  may  you  in  your  distresses  and  afflictions  be  remembered 
by  God  and  your  Brethren  as  you  now  remember  those  whose 
hearts  are  now  heavy  with  sorrow,  and  who  will  reward  you  with 
their  prayers.  "  He  is  very  poor  whom  no  one  loves ;  but  he  is 
poorer  still  for  whom  no  one  prays.  And  we  have  dispensation 
for  our  sins  only  in  proportion  to  our  charity." 

ALBERT  PIKE, 

Sov.  Gr.  Commander. 


IO  REPORT    OF    THE 


CHICAGO,  May,  i8j2. 
To  JOHN  Q.  A.  FELLOWS, 

M.  E.  Gr.  M.  of  the  Gr.  Encampment  K.  T.  of  the  U.  S. 

MOST  E.  AND  DEAR  SIR  : 

It  becomes  my  pleasing  duty  to  make  a  report  to  .you  as 
Gr.  Master  of  the  Gr.  Encampment  of  the  U.  S.,  of  the  results  of 
your  prompt  and  earnest  call  upon  the  Grand  and  Subordinate 
Commanderies  under  your  obedience,  for  aid  for  the  Sir  Knights 
who  were  impoverished  by  the  great  fire  which  desolated  our  city 
the  8th  and  pth  of  October,  1871.  Words  cannot  express  our 
obligation  of  gratitude  to  you  and  the  Sir  Knights  who  so  gene- 
rously responded.  As  the  call  was  one  of  imperative  need,  so  the 
contributions  were  noble  and  ample  beyond  all  precedent.  The 
calamity  stands  without  a  parallel  in  history,  so  too,  the  eager 
sympathy  with  which  the  whole  civilized  world  hastened  to  send 
relief.  The  amount  contributed  by  the  Knights  Templar  was 
more  than  sufficient  to  supply  the  wants  of  the  destitute ;  and 
after  granting  all  the  aid  required,  a  generous  sum  remains,  which 
will  be  given  to  the  Commanderies  of  this  city  to  help  in  the 
necessary  work  of  providing  Asylums  and  paraphernalia  for  their 
future  use,  everything  of  the  kind  which  they  before  possessed 
being  swept  away  by  the  great  conflagration. 

I  have  said  the  contributions  of  the  Knights  Templar  were 
most  generous.  This  generosity  is  enhanced  by  the  fact  that 
most  of  those  who  contributed  to  this  specific  object  had  already 
given  largely  of  money  to  the  general  fund  for  the  relief  of  our 
city,  and  had  sent  contributions  most  liberally  to  the  supplies  by 
which  a  hundred  thousand  of  homeless  and  dependent  sufferers 
were  supplied  with  food  and  clothing.  The  fire  had  not  finished 
its  work  of  destruction  before  contributions  of  money  and  supplies 
began  to  pour  into  our  city.  In  response  to  your  timely  circular, 
the  action  of  the  various  Commanderies,  Grand  and  Subordinate, 
was  prompt  and  liberal.  As  by  your  direction  the  moneys  con- 
tributed by  their  brethren  for  the  relief  of  the  needy  Sir  Knights 
of  this  city  came  to  my  hands,  I  proceeded  at  once  to  constitute 
a  Committee  of  faithful  and  efficient  workers  to  aid  me  in  the 
proper  distribution  of  the  funds  so  received.  That  Committee,  as 
originally  constituted,  consisted  of  V,  L.  Hurlbut,  Chairman ;  Sir 


COMMITTEE  FOR  KKI.IEF.  11 


Geo.  R.  Chittenden,  Generalissimo  Apollo  Commandery,  Treasurer  ; 
Sir  Gilbert  R.  .Smith,  Past  Generalissimo  Apollo  Commandery, 
Secretary;  V.  E.  Henry  C.  Ranney,  Past  Jr.  Gr.  Warden  of  the 
(ir.  Encampment,  Past  R.  E.  Gr.  Com'r.  of  Illinois,  and  Past 
E.  C.  of  Apollo  Commandery,  Assistant  Secretary;  Eugene  B. 
Myers,  E.  Commander  of  Apollo  Commandery ;  and  subsequently 
Rt.  E.  Sir  Wiley  M.  Egan,  our  present  Grand  Commander,  and 
Eminent  Sir  Jas.  H.  Miles,  the  present  E.  C.  of  Apollo  Com- 
mandery, and  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Gr.  Commandery  of  this 
State,  were  added  to  the  Committee. 

The  results  of  our  labors  in  the  discharge  of  the  solemn  trust 
confided  to  us,  appears  in  detail  in  the  report  of  that  Committee 
hereunto  appended.  While  all  have  done  generously,  and  while  I 
would  draw  no  invidious  comparisons,  I  feel  impelled  to  notice 
one  or  two  most  notable  examples  of  self-sacrificing  liberality. 
The  Commanderies  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  after  spending  thousands 
of  dollars  and  almost  impoverishing  themselves  in  entertaining  the 
(ir.  Encampment,  gave  for  the  relief  of  the  Sir  Knights  of  Chicago 
as  follows  : 

Monumental  Commandery  No.  3,  Baltimore,  $    175  oo 

Maryland  "  "    i,         "  1,000  oo 

Baltimore  "  "    2,         "  ...  568  oo 

$i,743  oo 

Again,  St.  John's  Commandery  No.  4,  Philadelphia,  after  pay- 
ing the  heavy  expenses  of  attending  the  Gr.  Encampment,  and 
thousands  more  in  their  unbounded  hospitality  to  Apollo  Com- 
mandery, while  in  Philadelphia  as  their  invited  guests,  contributed 
$1,300  to  aid  their  suffering  brethren  here. 

As  a  notable  instance  of  the  promptness  of  action  to  which  the 
members  of  our  Mystic  Brotherhood  were  impelled  by  an  all- 
pervading  sympathy,  1  state  the  fact  that  the  Grand  Commandery 
of  New  York,  on  the  first  day  of  its  Annual  Conclave,  and  imme- 
diately upon  its  organization,  voted  $2,000  for  our  relief. 

As  an  example  of  the  many  touching  expressions  received  of 
the  throbbing  sympathy  which  stirred  the  universal  heart  from 
Maine  to  Oregon,  in  our  behalf,  and  which  did  so  much  to  cheer 
ami  sustain  us  in  our  affliction,  I  copy  the  following  telegram  : 


12  REPORT    OF    THE 


PHILADELPHIA,  Oct.  ijth,  1871. 
To  V.  L.  HURLBUT,  Chicago,  III. 

"  Mary  Commandery  No.  36,  Knights  Templar  of  Philadelphia,  has  placed  in 
my  hands,  subject  to  your  order,  five  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($525)  dollars, 
and,  like  the  gentle  and  affectionate  Mary  at  the  tomb  of  our  Saviour,  she  sym- 
pathises in  your  affliction,  and  prays  for  your  speedy  and  happy  deliverance. 

(Signed),  "  JOHN  WILSON,  JR.,  E.  C." 

Let  honor  be  given  and  a  lasting  memory  be  cherished  for  all 
who  thus  gave  to  the  world  the  noblest  and  most  practical  proof 
of  their  devotion  to  the  cardinal  principles  of  Knighthood. 

Courteously  yours, 

VINCENT  L.  HURLBUT, 
V.  E.  Gr.  Generalissimo  of  the  Gr.  Encampment  K.  T.,  U.  8. 


EXTRACT  from  Address  of  V.  L.  HURLBUT,  33°,  Deputy  for 
Illinois,  to  the  M .  P.  Sov.  Grand  Commander  of  the  Northern 
Masonic  Jurisdiction  of  the  U.  S. 

"  For  myself,  and  all  the  members  of  the  Rite  in  this  city,  I 
most  gratefully  acknowledge  the  prompt  action  of  the  M.  P.  Sov. 
Gr.  Commander,  by  his  circular,  in  asking  and  securing  aid  for  the 
sufferers  by  the  awful  calamity  which  has  visited  us.  The  response 
has  been  most  generous,  and  God  knows  that  the  need  was  most 
imperative.  No  event,  however  terrible,  can  be  a  calamity  which 
reveals  so  much  nobleness,  and  unseals  such  overflowing  fountains 
of  sympathy  and  helpfulness. 

******* 

"All  the  gifts  that  have  been  or  will  be  received,  will  be  judici- 
ously used  for  the  relief  of  those  rendered  needy  or  helpless  by 
the  great  fire,  so  that  the  wish  of  the  donors  may  be  fully,  realized. 
******* 

"VINCENT  LUMBARD  HURLBUT,  33°, 
"Deputy  S.  C.  for  Illinois:' 


COMMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF. 


ILL.  ALBERT  PIKE,  33° 

M.  P.  Sin*.  Gr.  Com.  Supreme  Council  fur  the  .V.  Af .  ///;-.,  I  >.  -S.  .  /. 

MOST  PUISSANT  SIR  AND  DEAR  BRO.  : 

I  most  cheerfully  obey  the  call  of  duty  in  sending  you  a 
brief  report  of  the  amounts  received  from  the  bodies  of  the  S.  M. 
Jurisdiction,  for  the  relief  of  their  brethren  rendered  destitute  by 
the  great  fire  which  last  October  laid  the  fairest  portion  of  our  city 
in  ruins,  and  of  the  disposal  of  the  funds  entrusted  to  my  care,  by 
the  Committee  of  faithful  and  efficient  brethren  I  summoned  to 
assist  me  in  the  discharge  of  this  responsible  and  sacred  trust. 
Your  call  for  aid  in  our  behalf  was  worthy  of  the  head  that  con- 
reived  and  the  heart  that  prompted,  and  it  was  answered  by  most 
cordial,  prompt,  and  generous  aid. 

Knowing  the  financial  condition  of  your  people,  and  that  in 
other  ways  they  had  contributed  to  the  general  fund  for  the  relief 
of  our  destitute  and  homeless  thousands,  we  could  not  expect  large 
donations.  It  is  but  just  to  state  that,  in  view  of  all  the  facts,  the 
aid  afforded  by  the  brethren  of  your  jurisdiction  was  all  and  more 
than  we  could  hope  for.  We  estimate  the  deed  for  the  amount 
of  soul  put  into  its  execution,  and  so  we  shall  hold  you  and  the 
brethren  of  your  obedience  in  grateful  and  everlasting  remembrance. 

1  am  glad  to  be  able  to  state  that  the  aid  sent  to  the  various 
bodies  of  the  Rite  has  been  more  than  ample  to  meet  all  the 
necessities  of  our  condition,  and  that  a  generous  sum  remains  to 
help  them  forward  in  the  efforts  of  providing  all  the  needful 
appliances  for  future  work. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  is  hereunto  appended.  Thanking 
you  and  your  noble  co-workers  for  your  kindness  to  us  in  the  hour 
of  sorest  peril  and  need,  I  am, 

Courteously  yours, 

VINCENT  L.  HURLBUT,  33° 
Dep.  Sup.  Council  of  the  N.  M.  Jur.,  U.  S.  A.  for  III. 

CHICAGO,  April  jot h,  1872. 


14  REPORT   OF    THE 


The  first  contribution  came  from  Burlington,  Iowa, 
Oct.  9,  1871  : 

"  Draw  on  me  for  $100." 

From  E.  T.  Carson,  Cincinnati,  Oct.  n,  1871  : 

"  At  a  meeting  of  all  the  officers  of  the  various  Masonic  bodies 
of  this  city,  it  was  resolved  that  all  the  funds  should  be  placed  at 
the  disposal  of  the  city  of  Chicago.  The  amount  subscribed  was 
$2,300,  which  sum  was  ordered  to  be  paid  to  me  as  Treasurer. 
*  *  *  *  It  occurs  to  us  *  *  *  *  that  it  may  be  best 
for  the  Masonic  fraternity  to  use  this  fund,  and  whatever  we  may 
send  hereafter,  in  getting  yourselves  into  quarters  again,  as  we 
take  it  for  granted  you  are  all  about  ruined.  *  *  *  *  Do 
with  this  money  as  you  think  best,  we  only  throw  out  the  above 
as  a  suggestion.  *  *  *  *  I  deeply  sympathise  with  you  in 
the  frightful  calamity  that  has  befallen  your  city;  words  fail  to 
express  the  unmistakable  sympathy  of  every  class  of  our  citizens. 
Our  city  has  done  nobly  and  promptly,  and  should  not  have 
done  less." 

From  R.  E.  Sir  R.  N.  Brown,  Gr.  Commander, 
Buffalo,  October  19,  1871  : 

"  The  Grand  Com.  of  N.  Y.,  at  its  recent  Conclave  appropriated 
$2,000  for  the  relief  of  our  suffering  Sir  Knights  of  the  City  of 
Chicago.  *  *  *  *  I  need  not  assure  you,  R.  E.  Sir,  that  the 
Sir  Kts.  of  Chicago  have  the  sincere  sympathy  of  every  Sir  Kt.  of 
N.  Y.  in  this  their  great  affliction." 

Apollo  Chapter  No.  48,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  enclosing  $100, 
say: 

"Would  that  our  means  at  this  time  permitted  to  remit  very 
much  more,  but  believing  that  the  widow's  mite  in  this  instance 
will  be  gratefully  accepted,  as  coming  from  willing  hearts  and 
deeply  sympathizing  Companions." 


MMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF.  15 

A.  J.  Kellogg,  Alleghan,  Mich.,  enclosing  a  personal 
donation,  says : 

"My  dear  Brother:  I  would  to  God  I  could  send  you  ten 
thousand  times  as  much.  *  *  *  Accept  this  small  donation 
with  my  earnest  prayers  that  relief  in  abundance  will  come  to  your 
aid." 

Kadosh  Commandery  No.  29,  K.  T.,  Philadelphia, 
enclosing  $250,  say : 

"  The  hearts  of  Templars  in  this  city  beat  with  sympathy  and 
feeling  in  this  your  misfortune." 

Bro.  Gregory  Satterlee,  of  New  York  City,  has 
proved  himself  an  active  worker  in  our  behalf. 

The  Gr.  Chapter  of  Iowa,  through  its  G.  Sec.,  W.  B. 
Langridge,  remitting  $200,  say  : 

"  It  is  unnecessary  for  me  to  add  any  words  of  sympathy  or 
kindness.  You  in  Chicago  know  that  we  all  share  in  your  afflic- 
tion, and  are  glad  to  do  what  we  can  to  help,  and  only  regret  that 
we  cannot  do  more." 

Ivanhoe  Commandery  No.  11,  Bordentown,  N.  J., 
enclosing  $50,  say : 

"  We  would  have  been  much  pleased  to  have  sent  a  larger 
amount,  but  our  number  is  small,  and,  consequently,  our  means  are 
limited ;  hoping  you  will  accept  the  will  for  the  deed,  and  that  you 
will  soon  be  relieved  from  your  present  distress." 

A  Boy,  enclosing  50  cents  for  the  late  Chicago 
sufferers  : 

"  It  is  not  all  that  my  heart  would  like  to  give,  but  all  that  my 
income  will  allow." 


l6  REPORT    OF"    THE 


From  Portland,  Oregon,  111.  J.  C.  Ainsworth,  33°, 
enclosing  $169.98,  for  the  benefit  of  Scottish  Rite 
Masons,  says : 

"  Trusting  that  the  small  sum  herewith  remitted  may  serve  to 
lighten  the  blow  that  has  fallen  upon  our  afflicted  brethren,  and 
serve  to  remind  them  that  though  far  removed  from  the  scenes  of 
their  sorrows,  Masonic  charity  and  sympathy  is  world-wide  and 
sincere." 

Grice  Commandery  No.  16,  Norfolk,  Va.,  write  : 

"  We  remember  your  city  and  your  temple  as  they  stood  in  the 
past,  and  we  can  imagine  them  as  they  now  lie  crumbled  and  in 
ashes.  Our  Christmas  greetings  we  send  you,  with  the  hope  that, 
in  the  near  future,  prosperity  may  attend  you,  your  city  once  again 
stand  in  its  beauty,  a  monument  of  energy,  wealth  and  perse- 
verance. May  your  temples  again  raise  their  proud  heads,  and  on 
the  Banner  of  our  Order,  with  its  motto  '  In  Hoc  Signo  Vinces,' 
greet  and  gladden  those  who  from  afar  may  travel  weary  and  worn, 
and  who  again,  in  your  good  city,  may  find  good  bread  and  pure 
water  to  aid  them  in  their  journey." 

The  following  Bodies  lost  all  their  Regalia,  para- 
phernalia, etc. : 

Lafayette  Chapter  No.  2,  R.  A.  M., 
Corinthian  Chapter  No.  69,  R.  A.  M., 
Chicago  Council  No.  4,  R.  and  S.  M., 
Apollo  Commandery  No.  i,  K.  T.. 
St.  Bernard  Commandery  No.  35,  K.  T., 
Van  Rensellaer  G.  L.  of  P., 
Chicago  Council  of  P.  of  J., 
Gourgas  Chapter  of  R.  X., 
Oriental  Consistory  S.  P.  R.  S. 

The  losses  of  Apollo  Commandery  are  very  close 
on  $35,000,  and  of  the  Scotch  Bodies  upwards  of 


COMMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF. 


$10,000,  on  which  there  was  but  a  small  insurance 
realized  from  local  companies,  not  exceeding  5  per 
cent. 

The  Committee,  believing  they  carry  out  the  wishes 
of  the  donors,  have  divided  the  funds  on  hand  belong- 
ing to  the  Scottish  Rite  between  the  various  Bodies 
of  the  Rite/r0  rata.  They  have  also  donated  $1,000 
to  each  of  the  Commanderies  in  the  city,  as  a  perma- 
nent Charity  Fund.  The  balance  on  hand  at  credit  of 
the  Templar  Fund,  they  have  divided  between  Apollo 
and  St.  Bernard  Commanderies. 


REI.IEF  COMMITTEE    IN    ACCOUNT   WITH  DONATIONS   RECEIVED 
FROM  MASTER  MASONS. 

To  remittances  from  following  Lodges : 

Oct.  23,  1871.      "   Scioto  Lodge  No.  6.  Chillicothe,  Ohio $100  00 

"      "       "          "    Republic  Lodge  No.  690,  New  York 25000 

Credit. 

Oct.  30,  1871.  By  amount  paid  by  Republic  Lodge  No.  690, 

to  Bro.  -  —, $2500 

Nov.  7,  "  By  amount  paid  D.  C.  Cregier,  President  of 

Master  Masons  Relief  Committee  ..  325  00 


$350  00     $1350  00 


REPORT    OF    THE 


RKUKF  COMMITTEE  IN    ACCOUNT    WITH    DONATIONS    RECEIVED 
FROM  ROYAL  ARCH  MASONS. 

To  remittances  from  following  Chapters  : 

Oct.  19,  1871.      "   Phoenix  Chapter  No.  2,  New  York $250  00 

"     21,     "           "  Boonton  Chapter  No.  21,  Boonton,  N.J.  5000 

"      "       "           "  Apollo  Chapter  No.  48,  Troy,  N.  Y.  . . .  100  00 

"     23,     "           "    Grand  Chapter  of  Iowa 20000 

"      "       "           "  W.  B.  Langridge,  Grand  Secretary,  Iowa  10  00 

"      "       "           "    C.  Silverman,  Muscatine,  Iowa 5  00 

"      "       "           "  Boudinot   Chapter    No.    3,   Burlington, 

N.J 50  00 

"      "       "           "  Chillicothe  Chapter  No.  4,  Chill icothe,  O.  50  00 

Nov.  9,     "           "  Keyst one  Chapter,  H.R. A.,  Philadelphia, 

Pa 50  00 

"       "     "           "  Half  donation  from  Brethren  at  Day  ton  _  39800 

"    Interest  transferred  to  this  account 276  61 

Credit. 

Aug.  1,  1871.    By  Twenty-three  Donations  to  Companions,  $765  00 

"     "      "         "    Donation  to  Lafayette  Chapter  No.  2___  42098 

"     "      "         "    Corinthian  Chapter  No.  69 253  63 


$1,439  61    $1,439  61 


RELIEF  COMMITTEE    IN    ACCOUNT    WITH    DONATIONS   RECEIVED 
FROM  ROYAL  AND  SELECT  MASTER  MASONS. 


Oct.  23,  1871.     To  remittance  from  Chillicothe  Council  No.  4, 

Chillicothe,  O $50  00 

Credit. 
May  13,  1872.     By   amount    paid    Chicago   Council    No.  4, 

Chicago - . .  $50  00 


$50  00      $50  00 


COMMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF.  19 

Rl  I  111      Co  \IMITTK.E     IN     ACCOUNT    WITH      DONATIONS     Rl.CKlVED 

i  ROM    KNHMI  i  >  Ti MIM.AK. 


To   the   following    remittances   from 

NEW  YORK. 
Oct.   1(5,  1871.     The  Grand  Commandery  K.  T.  of  New 

York $2,000  00 

"     -1,     "         Hugh  De  Payens  Commandery,  No.  30. 

Buffalo 500  00 

"      "       "         Apollo  Commandery  No.  15,  Troy 100  00 

"     '„':!,     "         R.  E.  R.  N.  Brown,  Grand  Commander, 

Buffalo 100  00 

"      "       "         Watertown  Com'y  No.  11,  Watertovvn.  175  00 

"      "       "         Lake  Erie  Commandery  No.  20,  Buffalo  100  00 

"     27,     "         Watertown  Com'y  No.  11,  Watertown.  150  00 

$3,125  00 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Oct.  16,     "        W.  T.  Richardson,  Philadelphia 2500 

"      "       "         St.  John's  Com'y  No.  4,  Philadelphia.  1,300  00 

"      "       "         Mary  Commandery  No.  36,       "         ..  52500 
"      19,     "         J.  H.  Hopkins,  Deputy  Grand  Master, 

U.S 50  00 

"     21,     "         Allen  Commandery  No.  20,  Allentown  25  00 

"     23,     "         Constantine  Com'y  No.  41,  Pottsville.  50  00 

"     30,     "        A  Boy,  Wilkesborough _  50 

Nov.     1,     "         Kadosh  Com'y,  No.  29,  Philadelphia  -  25000 

"       6,     "         Freck  Commandery  No.  39,  Centralia.  151  50 

"     29,     "         Philadelphia  Com'y  No.  2,  Philadelphia  27125 

Jan.  19,  1872.     Allegheny  Commandery,  Allegheny.-.  30000 

May  14,     "         Cceur  de  Leon  Commandery,  Scranton  136  00 

3,084  25 

MARYLAND. 

Oct.  19,  1871.     Monumental  Com'y  No.  3,  Baltimore  .  175  00 

"    23,     "         Maryland           "       No.  1,          "         .  1,000  00 

"      "      "         Baltimore           "       No.  2,          "         .  568  00 

1,743  00 


2O  UK  PORT    OF    THE 


MASSACHUSETTS  AND  RHODE  ISLAND. 
Nov.  22,  1871.  From  the  Grand  Commandery- 500  00 

OHIO. 

Oct.  23,  1871,  Chillicothe  Com'y  No.  8,  Chillicothe...         100  00 

Nov.  22,    "        Coleman  Commandery,  Troy 50  00 

Feb.  26, 1872.    Steubenville         "  No.  1,  by  E.  T. 

Carson. 100  00 

250  00 

NEW  JERSEY. 

Oct.  19,  1871.     Damascus  Commandery  No.  5,  Newark         100  00 
"     23,     "         Helena  "  Burlington  ...  50  00 

Nov.  1,     "         Ivanhoe  Com'y  No.  11,  Bordentown 50  00 

200  00 

VIRGINIA. 
Dec.  29,    "        Grice  Commandery  No.  16,  Norfolk 11900 

CONNECTICUT. 
Oct.  19,     "         Clark  Commandery  No.  7,  Waterbury 10000 

KENTUCKY. 

"     26,     "         Louisville  Commandery  No.  1,  Louisville.. 10000 

4 
MAINE. 

Jan.  26,  1872.     St.  John's  Commandery  No.  — ,  Bangor 100  00 

IOWA. 
Nov.  3,  1871.     Damascus  Commandery  No.  5.  Keokuk 60  00 

INDIANA. 
Oct.  21,     "         Dudley  Temple  of  Honor,  New  Albany 30  05 

Tointerest 102  21 

"    one  order  returned _.  27  00 

$9,540  51 


COMMITTEE    FOR    RELIEF. 


21 


Credit. 

By  Thirty-four  orders  drawn $1 ,342  03 

"    Expense  account,  in  full  charged  to  this  account  307  15 
"    Donation  to    Charity    Fund    to   the  following 
Commanderies : 

Apollo  No.  1 1,00000 

Chicago  No.  19 1,000  00 

St.  Bernard  No.  35 1,00000 

"    Printing  Report,  charged  in  full  to  this  account  120  00 

"  pn>  rata  donation  to  Apollo  Commandery  No.  1  4,031  77 

"  St.  Bernard      "         No.  35  739  56 

$9,540  51  $9,540  51 


RELIEF  COMMITTEE   IN    ACCOUNT  WITH    DONATIONS   RECEIVED 
FROM  A.  AND  A.  RITE. 


Oct.  16,  1871.     To  Donations  received  from — 

A.  J.  Kellogg,  33°,  Allegan,  Mich $10  00 

T.  A.  Cunningham,  33°,  Baltimore,  Md.  50  00 

L.  A.  Birely,  32°,                   "            "  10  00 

E.  Corbett,  32°,                      "            "  10  00 

John  M.  Miller,  32°,             "            "  10  00 

Henry  Bell,  32°,                     "            "  10  00 

Samuel  Snowden,  32°,           "            "  10  00 

"     21,      "       Bodies  of  the  Rite,  Detroit,  Mich 5000 

"      "        "             "          "         "      Burlington,  Iowa 100  00 

• "         "        "      Philadelpia,  Pa.., 25000 

"     -j:5,      "       Sundry  32°,  Pottsville,  Pa 5000 

Nov.    1,      "       Grand  Council  P.  of  J.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H..  100  00 

"      3,      "       Bodies  of  the  Rite,  Norwich,  Pa 5000 

"      7,      "       Adoniram    Grand     Lodge     of    Perfection, 

Indianapolis,  Ind 100  00 

"    20,      "       Bodies  of  the  Rite,  Portland,  Me 55  65 

Jan.  15,  1872.    Albert  Pike,  33°,  M.  P.  S.  G.  C.  of  S.  J. ...  25  00 


22  REPORT. 

Jan,  19,  1872.    J.  C.  Ainsworth,  33°,  donation  from  Albert 

Pike,  G.  L.  of  P.,  Salem,  Oregon 169  98 

Mch.18,      "       Further  donation  from  sundry  32°,  Pottsville, 

Pa 18  50 

For  this  amount,  donation  of  Brethren  at 

Cincinnati  transferred  to  this  account  2,050  00 

"    same,  from  Dayton,  Ohio 398  00 

"    order  returned 50  00 

-   $3,577  13 

Credit. 

By  Twenty-one  Orders  drawn $777  50 

"  Donation  to  Oriental  Consistory _  _  962  37 

"                          Gourges  Chapter  Rose  Croix 437  45 

Chicago  Council  P.  of  J 43745 

Van  Renssaelaer  G.  L.  ofP...  96236 


$3577  13    $3577  13 


The  Committee  have  also  received  from  Burling- 
ton, N.  J.,  several  packages  of  clothing;  and  from 
Louisville,  Ky.,  six  bbls.  sugar  and  thirty-five  boxes 
cheese  ;  which  have  been  distributed  according  to 
instructions. 

V.  L.  HURLBUT,  Chairman, 

G.  R.  SMITH,  Secretary. 


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